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October 22, 2021 at 5:14 am

“Danke schön!” EU leaders, Obama give Merkel big sendoff VIEW

Angela Merkel is still Germany's Chancellor and might be still when the European Union leaders meet again, yet they have given her a farewell party...

October 21, 2021 at 3:52 am

EU leaders seek to safeguard energy supplies as prices soar VIEW

European Union leaders are meeting to discuss ways to ease the pain of soaring energy bills for consumers.

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October 21, 2021 at 3:32 am

EU summit loads pressure on Poland over rule of law VIEW

European Union leaders are pressuring a defiant Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki to fall back into line on recognizing that EU law trumps national decision-making,...

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October 20, 2021 at 5:38 am

Jailed Russian opposition leader Navalny wins top EU prize

Imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been awarded the European Union’s top human rights prize, in a clear slap at President Vladimir Putin.

October 20, 2021 at 2:25 am

EU chief says key to energy crisis is pushing Green Deal

The European Union’s top official is exhorting the bloc's 27 nations to wean themselves off natural gas not only to speed the transition to clean...

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October 18, 2021 at 2:27 am

EU says exports of COVID-19 vaccines now top 1 billion mark VIEW

The European Union says it now has exported over 1 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines to the rest of the world.

October 15, 2021 at 4:33 am

EU-UK talks, fishing threat kick Brexit back into high gear VIEW

The Brexit brawl has kicked into high gear, almost a year after a deal on a free trade agreement was supposed to have officially sealed...

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October 13, 2021 at 7:02 am

Great Brexit brawl: EU offers to improve N Ireland deal VIEW

The great Brexit brawl is heading into its next standoff as European Union concessions to improve trade in Northern Ireland are likely to be deemed...

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FILE – In this Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020 file photo, UK Chief Brexit negotiator David Frost leaves 10 Downing Street, in London. It was late on Christmas Eve last year when the European Union and Britain finally clinched a Brexit trade deal after years of wrangling, threats and missed deadlines to seal their divorce. There was hope that now-separated Britain and the 27-nation bloc would sail their relationship toward calmer waters. Don’t even think about it. Such was the bile and bad blood stirred up by the diplomatic brinkmanship and bitter divorce that, two months from another Christmas, insults of treachery and duplicitousness are flying again. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File) FP108 FP108

October 11, 2021 at 11:19 pm

Divorced UK and EU head for new Brexit fight over N Ireland VIEW

Less than a year after finalizing Brexit, a British minister accused the European Union of wishing failure on its former member and said a fundamental...

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September 18, 2021 at 11:29 pm

Same goal, different paths: US, EU seek max vaccine rates VIEW

Officials in both the U.S. and the European Union are struggling with the same question

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